The Elastic APM integration became generally available in 7.16 — see the APM Guide for updated documentation. Standalone APM Server users can see the Legacy APM Overview and Legacy APM Server Reference.
Additional APM users and roles
editAdditional APM users and roles
editIn addition to the APM Server users described in this documentation, you’ll likely need to create users for other APM tasks:
-
An APM reader, for Kibana users who need to view the APM app,
or create and edit visualizations that access
apm-*data. - Various APM app API users, for interacting with the APIs exposed by the APM app.
Learn more about users and roles
editWant to learn more about creating users and roles? See Secure a cluster. Also see:
- Security privileges for a description of available privileges
- Built-in roles for a description of roles that you can assign to users